Container.



S. T. MALTBY.

CONTAINER. APPLICA'TION FILED APR. 8. 1916.

1,217,799. Patented Feb.27,1917.

I To all whom it may concern:

srmmx 'r. nann or a citizen of the United States, residing at 4 digging it out with a sanitary.

which comprises\ aheads at each end,

frictional contact, and a Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Containers, of which the following is a specification. r

My invention relates to an improvement. in containers, the object being closure for receiving, storing and dispensing merchandise, such for example as ice-cream.

It is so constructed that it-can be both filled and emptied without' touching the contents, thus rendering the handling of the merchandise contained therein both cleanly and tinguishes this invention from others is a means for severing the container or package from one end to the other without disturbing the contents, thereby entirely loosening and removing the wrapper or container, leaving the contents (if it be ice-cream) frozen in a solid mass in the form of the container, .without' undergoing the inconvenience and difficulty generally experienced by either heating the container to loosen 1t, touching the contents with the fingers, or

spoon.

All this is accomplished by the special construction of the ackage or container,

ody portion having one of which at least is held in place by means connected with the body portion for. severing it and removing it from the contents without in any wise disturbing its a cylinder for convenience,

form.

-In the accompanying drawings t Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the top partly' removed; and N Fig. 2 shows the finaloperation of opening the package or container and expos ng the contents untouched upon a plate, which latter is-indicated in dotted-lines.

A, is the body of the container, wh ch n the .two views is illustrated in the form of although not necessarily so; This is referably made'of a sheet of moderately stifi paper, sayfrom tento twenty point tag-board, although this,

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 8,1916. Serial No. 89,75 0.

to provide a I .container, as shown 1n 0 'e of the features which disbeneath the head or cover 1 and le Patented Feb. 2'7, 1917.

of course, is left entirely withthe discretion of the manufacturer.

Both ends are preferably open and adapted to be closed when the container is filled heads 1 and 2. .These are generally inserted and held in place frictionally, al-

I j I wnsnrneron, nrs'rmcr or commrm.

' though the lower head or bottom 2 might be stitchedpermanently in place as indicated by the dotted lines at 3. The ends of the body are brought together and overlapped,

as shown in Flg. 1, and are stitched as at 4.

The ends 5, 5, of the threadsformingthese stitches on the upper and lower sides are left sufficiently long to extend across the Fig.. 1. They are adapted to be stitched thereacross and rotruding beyond the edge'thereof, where they can be grasped by the operator, as shown in Fig. 1, when it is desired to remove the head or cover 1. x This is done by taking hold of the ends and lifting them, whichlifts the head or cover illustrated in Fig. 1..

Now to rip open the side or body and remove the contents, the container is inverted and may be dotted lines in Fig. 2, and indicated by the numeral 6, whereupon the operator presses with his finger on the head or bottom 2, as shown in Fig. 2, and give'sa smart upward pull to the ends 5, 5, of the tratedin Fig. 2) thus ri ping the stitched overlapping end 7, whic portion thro'ug expands by 1ts own natural tendency to straighten out, thus exposing theentire molded cake of cream, whereupon the container with the head 2 is removed, and the cream is ready to be served. I claim:

1. A package or container, the body of which is made of material fashioned into shape, and having its ends brought together and fastened with a continuous stitch, the ends of the'material forming the stitch being .of sufficient length to extend across the packlaced.

placed, whereby the pulling laced on a plate, as shown in threads (as illusstitched end of the body portion of the inserted in the end of the package over the package. ends of the threads which form the stitching 1o 2. Apackage or container, the edges of the and the initial pull of which removes the lid body portion of which are brought together or cover preliminary to ripping open the 5 and stitched as the sole means of holding the stitched edges of the side of the package.

edges together and the sole means of ripping In testimony whereof I afii-X my signature. the side of the package open when the contents is to be removed, and a lid or cover SIDNEY T.. MALTBY. 

